"XY problem" meaning in English

See XY problem in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: XY problems [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=XY problem}} XY problem (plural XY problems)
  1. A communication problem where a person seeking help (for example, from a computing helpdesk) provides misleadingly incomplete information about the source of the problem and thus receives inaccurate or unhelpful suggestions about how to fix it. Wikipedia link: XY problem
    Sense id: en-XY_problem-en-noun-Ir0yx75B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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